Grealish played down that incident as “handbags” but conceded he should have done better with his opportunity.

“It was a mixed performance. In the first half, we were the better team and had the better chances. Maybe at the start of the second half too,” he said.

“I feel like as they went down to 10 men, we tried to rush things and force things and give the ball away. We got worse when they went down to 10 men,” he said.

West Ham’s England midfielder Declan Rice said the Londoners were content to have avoided defeat after going down a man away from home.

“We’re very happy with the point. We were a bit slow in the first half and in the second half when we went down to 10 it was always going to be tough. We dug in and we were still creating chances, which was positive.

“When Arthur went off we really dug in. If this was the West Ham of last season we’d have lost this game,” he said.